May 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dr. April Love-Fordham has authored The Disorderly Parable Bible Study Series for use in personal and group study and would love to volunteer her time teaching or speaking at your church or gathering.The Disorderly Parables are not your ordinary Bible studies....
May 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Apostle Paul had a disturbing way of following Jesus. There was that time he broke the labor laws of his day and stopped the exploitation of an enslaved girl. There was that time he sang and prayed his way out of jail, stopped his former jailer from...
May 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Disturb us, Lord, when we are too pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we dreamed too little, when we arrived safely because we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess, we have lost...
May 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham, rector of Grace Church in Gainesville, is a co-editor and contributor to the forthcoming volume Contemplation and Community: A Gathering of Fresh Voices for a Living Tradition. The book is being published by the Crossroad...
May 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
By: Kelly AlexanderThe Episcopal Church of the EpiphanyBe kind. Be understanding. Be caring. Be forgiving. Treat your neighbor as yourself. These were some of the messages that I learned in my (Episcopal!) household growing up. No one told me directly, “It’s important...
May 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
There’s a proportional relationship between the size of the God that lives in our imagination and the size of the Pharaohs we defy! Small idea of God… small resolve to defy even the smallest of pharaohs. Big imagining of God… great resolve to defy even...
May 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Reflections on Faith & Reconciliation Across Troubled Waters By Alexis Hauk EMBARKING Ever since she was 12 years old, growing up in Guyana, St. Simon’s parishioner Claudette Seales, now 70, dreamed about visiting Ghana – in part because of the murmurings among...
May 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
– ECF Announces Four Local Grantees During Its Spring General Grant Cycle – – ECF Announces One Local Grantee During Its Q2 Small Acts of Charity – Atlanta, GA, May 14, 2019 — Today the Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia...
May 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Not exactly sure when I learned the words of the 23rd Psalm. I do know that my wife and I were careful to teach it to our children. I know as life has grown and become more complex, the words “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I...
May 7, 2019 | Canon Chaplain
Theodicy: What are we to say, or can we say about evil ? Dear Friends and Colleagues, There is hardly a week between Sundays, when we preach the Gospel of God, that does not present yet more evidence of the presence of evil of every kind. The questions of ‘ where is...
